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I didn’t kno to fully explaintold" I was so ashaain"

"What else do you need to know? This is our life, right here! It’s happening right now! I a in this rooive a da told!"

"What if the situation was reversed and thestories that I’uys at once

You don’t think that would concern you?" I asked

"But you’re not! And I certainly a what they accuse me of I have no control over what trash they print"

"Yes, you do" I thought about several ways he could get the point across to the world that he was a one-woman kind of man, that he in fact was currently involved with just one woman, but he’d have to make that move on his own

"How?" Ryan barked

I chickened out and bit ht you had a publicist?" I stated calmly

He scoffed "If all those Seaside fans want to fantasize that I’ the shit that’s filmed, that me and Suzanne are some star-crossed lovers, what am I supposed to do about it? Put out a public statement that they’re all deluded?" He threw his hands up in the air

"And that picture ofto still pop up years fro to say that I’ on you with her one day!"

He took a deep breath "You have to realize that soenerate public reaction They will post pictures of me and Suzanne just to keep the public interested in the film They will print shit just to keep my career controversial and fresh I ht upset you just to pique public interest It’s all part of the ga me "Honey, our relationship has to be built on trust That stuff is just going to tear it down"

I looked down at ible but I wasn’t alone there